A Painter's Blog

New Project: Ship’s Prow in Colorado

apainter — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:03:43 +0000

Acrylic on 16 by 30 stretched canvas. This is actually a study for what will be a painting on a very large canvas, a project which may take much of 2012 to complete. Normally, I use small canvases and don’t plan much ahead, so this is the beginning of a very ambitious undertaking. The scene is an incredible one, complex and full of stark contrasts, and it OUGHT to be painted on a large canvas.

It takes a young, athletic kind of fellow to hike up into the mountains to snap a reference photo of a remote, truly breathtaking place like this for his elderly mom back in Flat-as-a-pancake -central Oklahoma to paint.

The Path of Water

apainter — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:47:42 +0000

Acrylic on commercially primed 9 inch by 12 inch board. Palette: white, Indian Yellow, Red Oxide, Burnt Umber (for convenience), Phthalo Blue, and Payne’s Grey.

Fall Upstream

apainter — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:00:44 +0000

Acrylic on 11 inch by 14 inch canvas board. ($65, includes shipping) Bargain of the week. This painting just doesn’t come across well with a digital photo. Better than it looks.

Autumn Down on the Water

apainter — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:50:58 +0000

Oil on professionally primed 9 inch by 12 inch panel. Probably finished, except for the signing. I don’t know why some paintings turn out while others don’t. I hope you also feel invited to walk along the gravel bar for a few minutes, too. ($110, includes shipping)

New Project

apainter — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:41:26 +0000

Acrylic on 11 by 14 inch panel. Much of the rock texture I am painting with the side of a flat brush so far. The scene is of a rock in a fast-flowing stream.

Along the Trail to Mitchell Lake in Colorado

apainter — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:50:28 +0000

The most beautiful song in the mountains.

Drought

apainter — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:16:25 +0000

Ouzel Falls

apainter — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:14:29 +0000

Sold. Acrylic, 11 inch by 14 inch canvas board primed with a black acrylic primer. Colors are my wine of preference.

The reference photo is taken from a collection shot by Robert Lindsey in the Colorado mountains – if you are thinking this scene already doesn’t seem a bit related to Oklahoma.

High Summer, Low Water

apainter — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:34:38 +0000

Sold. Acrylic on stretched 18 inch by 24 inch canvas. Acrylic high gloss varnish.

Blue Colorado II

apainter — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:29:32 +0000

Acrylic on 9 x 12 inch reinforced wood panel. Primed with red oxide. Limited palette. Varnished. The scene is from a photo of Mitchell Lake in Colorado by Robert Lindsey. It was wonderful to finally hike to this lake this summer and see it for myself -but then it is also very eerie to visit places where you have spent weeks trying to paint the scene. The camera simply won’t acknowledge the red oxide undertones on the mountain for some reason even in this newer shot of the painting. ($75, includes shipping)